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Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: The Minister said the Government wants to bring in strong law and that the Government wants to protect tenants' rights. I believe the legislation will create strong law but to protect vulture funds and landlords and not tenants. The Bill is about profit. That is what it is about. I am here, as are many other Deputies who have tabled amendments, to stand up for people, families and...

Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: The Minister is talking about a different Bill.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for a purpose-built school building in view of the fact it is temporarily based in unsuitable accommodation. [18122/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 86. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if special consideration will be given to children awaiting an assessment of needs to secure an ASD unit placement in September 2020 in view of the delay in assessments of needs due to the Covid-19 pandemic. [18123/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 225. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the funding allocated to Cork City Council for the implementation of cycling infrastructure from 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020. [19787/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 226. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to increasing funding to Cork City Council over the term of the Government to improve cycling infrastructure. [19790/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to a group (details supplied) and its campaign to connect Cork city hospitals through a cycle network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19791/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 245. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the cycling manual will be updated; the way in which investments currently being implemented are cost effective in view of the length of time since the update of the infrastructure guidance document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20181/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 246. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the statutory obligations to be implemented prior to the return to school to assure safe routes to school in view of the fact that these were included in the Sustainable Mobility Programme 2010-2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20182/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycle to Work Scheme (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 247. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to expand the bike to work scheme or implement a similar scheme, in view of the fact that its limited nature excludes large groups including older persons, disabled persons, persons without citizenship, school-going children and carers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20183/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: House Prices (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 300. To ask the Minister for Finance if persons whose contractor has drawn down mortgages issued under the help to buy scheme are exempt from the increase provided in the July stimulus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20433/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 1035. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic collisions involving pedestrians in Cork city from 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [19788/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Accidents (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 1036. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of road traffic collisions involving cyclists in Cork city from 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020, in tabular form. [19789/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Jul 2020)

Thomas Gould: 1106. To ask the Minister for Health if the case of persons (details supplied) will be addressed [19820/20]

Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (2 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: House parties have been a particular issue in Cork on an ongoing basis. They are having a negative effect on neighbourhoods and communities. This did not begin during Covid. The communities of Magazine Road, College Road and Connaught Avenue and surrounding areas of Cork have been negatively affected by house parties for years, but it has got particularly bad during the lockdown and the...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (8 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: The fact we hear stories about members of the Defence Forces having to sleep in cars, or that someone who is employed by the State and engaged in such critical work is unable to afford to live on their wages, is a scandal. Both this and previous Governments have ignored representations from my colleagues and members of the Defence Forces regarding the pay and conditions under which they...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Youth Services (8 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: 41. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to support families and children at risk in view of the closure of many organised social activities such as indoor sports that provide support and structure to struggling families. [22376/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment (8 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: 760. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if consideration will be given to granting a request by a person (details supplied) to travel to Romania to visit their gravely ill parent without ceasing their pandemic unemployment payment on compassionate grounds. [22467/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (8 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: 1391. To ask the Minister for Health if updated guidelines will be issued for front-line workers who are deemed very high risk to facilitate their return to work in view of the economic impact of their continued isolation. [22549/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Third Level Education (9 Sep 2020)

Thomas Gould: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to incentivise young persons typically excluded from higher education due to socioeconomic status to engage in education past school in view of the high youth unemployment rates. [22606/20]